Board leadership & member companies

VIA Board of Directors – 2026

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Executive Committee

Chairman and Vice Chairman include a silver‑blue ring.

Board Chairman

Nirel Inman

Co-President, Chicago Glue & Machine

Vice Chairman

Abe Winkle

Vice President & General Manager, Weldstar Company

Past Chair

Tammy Balogh

CPO, Flexco

Treasurer

Jerry Murphy

Partner, Sikich, LLC

Secretary

Kathy Gilmore

President, VIA

Board Members

Flexco

Tammy Balogh

Flexco

Custom Aluminum Products, Inc.

Reid Bloomfield

Custom Aluminum Products, Inc.

Dukane Precast

Jesus Camargo

Dukane Precast

CARR Machine & Tool Inc.

Jim Carr

CARR Machine & Tool Inc.

Industrial Hard Chrome LTD

Dave Hahne

Industrial Hard Chrome LTD

Machinery Systems, Inc.

Eric Hilliard

Machinery Systems, Inc.

Blachford, Inc.

Tonya Hubbartt

Blachford, Inc.

Chicago Glue and Machine

Nirel Inman

Chicago Glue and Machine

Freudenberg Household Products

Amy Ketner

Freudenberg Household Products

Waubonsee Community College

Brian Knetl

Waubonsee Community College

Tox-Pressotechnik LLC

Greg Kouba

Tox-Pressotechnik LLC

Bison/Ametek

Andy Kuester

Bison/Ametek

Abrasive West LLC

Amanda Kummer

Abrasive West LLC

B-O-F Corporation

Joe Lakdawala

B-O-F Corporation

Sikich LLC

Jerry Murphy

Sikich LLC

SERVPRO Team Zubricki

Jennifer Olson

SERVPRO Team Zubricki

Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, Inc.

John Schuster

Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, Inc.

Amsted Automotive

Elisa Sorrentino

Amsted Automotive

MTH Pumps/MTH Tool Company, Inc.

Tim Tremain

MTH Pumps/MTH Tool Company, Inc.

Weldstar Company

Abe Winkle

Weldstar Company